Covering the Sky: The Years I Was the Empress's Strictest Master

Before the cultivator who had launched the attack could finish his sentence, his voice turned into a pig-like scream, and then abruptly stopped.

The moment they unleashed their divine power upon the Taoist priest, their bodies exploded into clouds of blood mist...

Splash!

rustling... rustling...

The blood mist filled the air, but was quickly washed away by the torrential rain, staining the nearby puddles red.

Inside the Feathered Divine Dynasty post station, Hauge and the others, who had been watching the show with an air of detachment, were all horrified at this moment.

Even the so-called important figures who were sitting quietly in the private room on the second floor, seemingly carefree and unrestrained, had their cups filled with spiritual tea suddenly fall to the ground with a thud, their bodies stiffening.

The higher one's cultivation level, the more one can guess how terrifying that Taoist is!

……

Quiet.

silence.

A deathly silence.

At this moment, the only sound around the entire post station was the torrential rain.

goodong...

Suddenly, the sound of someone swallowing saliva was heard.

shuh...

The Taoist priest looked in the direction of the sound and saw that the man was so frightened that he dared not meet his eyes. He knelt down in the ruins of the teahouse with a thud, his body prostrate on the ground, silent as a cicada in winter.

However, he seemed to have something left to say to the girl, so he ignored the man for the time being.

He had a kind and gentle face, and he smiled at the girl who seemed unaffected by the bloody scene, saying:

“I never take on disciples, but meeting you is a matter of fate for us Taoists. The path of cultivation lies within this; you may enter step by step. Now go…”

Taking the seemingly impervious booklet, the girl, relying on her knowledge gleaned from eavesdropping at the village school over the years, managed to barely decipher the words on the cover…

The Source of Knowledge?

Under the Taoist's gaze, she clutched the booklet in her small hands, hesitating in place. Then, a glimmer of hope seemed to appear in her eyes as she looked at the Taoist and tentatively pleaded:

"Grandpa, could you... could you help me see my brother?"

The timid yet clear voice fell.

The gray-robed Taoist priest fell silent, and even the way he looked at her became indifferent.

Seeing this, her heart tightened, and the little hope she had just raised was finally shattered.

Was she ultimately destined never to see her brother one last time?

She had a premonition that today might be the closest she would ever be to her brother; if she missed today, his remains might truly be gone forever…

It will be difficult to see each other again!

But she saw the deeper meaning in the Taoist's eyes; if she didn't leave now, she might really never be able to leave again.

She wasn't afraid of death, but she was afraid of never seeing her brother again.

She must live, and wait in the mortal world for her brother to return!

Having thought of this, she turned and left, making up her mind without any hesitation.

"and many more……"

Just as she stepped out of the ruins of the teahouse, the Taoist priest behind her uttered two words and called out to her.

"What is the origin of that bronze ring in your possession? May I take a look?"

The gray-robed Taoist priest stroked the jade bottle, his gaze fixed on her.

"This is what my brother left behind before he passed away. It's my only keepsake. Grandpa, could you give it back to Nannan after you've seen it?"

The little girl with pigtails took out a ring but didn't hand it over immediately.

"Nannan? What a lovely nickname..."

The gray-robed Taoist was taken aback at first, then nodded in agreement.

As he spoke, without waiting for the girl to hand him the ring, he simply waved his hand and the ring landed in his hand.

Meanwhile, within the copper ring, there was nothingness and chaos.

As early as when Tan Lin first communicated with the young Empress, he had already activated the Soul Bead's [Reverse·All Causes Vision] ability. The crimson gray mist concealed all the causal lines, and even his remnant soul was hidden in the crimson mist.

The reunited primordial spirit, and even the remnant soul consciousness and thoughts, were all contained within the core of the soul pearl, without producing any unusual fluctuations.

But the gray-robed Taoist insisted on conducting an inspection.

If there are no problems, that's fine. But if something is discovered, even if the girl was chosen to test the new method, she will die here today!

……

Chapter Four: I Have No Feelings (3.5K)

Splash!

In the height of summer, the rains are most frequent, and today is especially so.

Amidst the ruins of the teahouse, the gray-robed Taoist remained untouched by dust, blood mist, or rain.

No one dared to make a move in the surrounding area, including inside the Feathered Divine Dynasty post station opposite. They were all silent and trembling, and did not even dare to secretly peek at the other party.

The Taoist priest appeared kind and gentle, and he was very amiable when talking to the girl with pigtails.

But the more people like this are, the more terrifying they are.

rustling... rustling...

The bronze ring was caressed in the Taoist's hands for a moment, and his invisible divine sense examined the ring inside and out no less than a hundred times in an instant before he stopped and tossed it to the girl.

However, in the girl's opinion, the other party only played with it for a moment, glanced at it, and did so very quickly.

She was completely unaware of what Tan Lin, who was lying in wait, had done and arranged in the short time it took to prepare for the investigation.

Goodbye, grandpa!

The girl waved to the Taoist priest, then looked back at the post station several times before her small figure disappeared into the rain.

The Taoist priest smiled but remained silent.

If we ever meet again, his new method must have been successfully tested.

Therefore, he truly hoped that the other person could live to see that day, and then...

As the thought crossed his mind, a barely perceptible hint of cunning and cruelty flashed across the Taoist's eyes.

"What a good child..."

As he muttered to himself, the Taoist slowly rose and then glanced indifferently at the group of ants kneeling and trembling in the ruins.

bang...

There were no screams, no loud noises, only the low, muffled sound of a human body being crushed by some invisible force in an instant.

Hey!

With one step, the essence of blood and qi from all around flowed into the jade bottle in his palm.

Then, his figure appeared out of thin air in the post station.

bang...

The moment he appeared, all the Feathered Divine Dynasty soldiers, including Hauge, exploded into mist and entered his jade bottle.

Inside the cellar of the post station, there was a coffin. The Taoist priest scanned it with his divine sense but ignored it.

The mummified remains in the coffin were indeed an indestructible golden body, and also a rather rare first-generation one, naturally formed and nurtured by nature.

But the bloodline and the source of life have long since dried up, and even the bones are brittle.

In his view, the mutilated body itself might not be as valuable as the coffin.

One can imagine that, without a transaction, this remains might not even have been worthy of a bamboo mat to wrap the body in.

The buyers who are on their way here are likely to be ripped off.

Pfft!

"Senior... please... please don't kill me... my grandfather is the nephew of the current emperor of the Divine Dynasty..."

In the private room on the second floor of the inn, before the Taoist priest could even enter, the so-called important figure from the Feathered Divine Dynasty of Zhongzhou had already knelt on the ground, his whole body trembling like a winnowing basket, and at this moment, he could no longer be seen to have any noble air about him.

They knew that the Feathered Divine Dynasty of today was no longer the same as when the Feathered Emperor was still alive.

The era when their power covered the entire Big Dipper, commanding the world and none dared to disobey, is over. Therefore, they have no confidence at all at this moment.

That person is terrifying!

With his strength as a third-level immortal king, he couldn't see through even the slightest bit!

Splash...

The gray-robed Taoist priest ultimately did not enter the room, because the air was already filled with the stench of urine.

But he still took the other's life, the essence of the blood mist was all in his jade bottle.

Even if no "anomaly" occurred here, he was never going to let anyone off the hook when it came to his new legal experiment.

The Taoist left a slightly different copy of the "True Scripture of Devouring Source" in the cellar before leaving the post station.

He already knew where the buyer who purchased the useless remains came from.

The trial of the new law will naturally involve casting a wide net across the entire cosmos.

What if we rely on just one seed and it withers along the way?

"Descendants of former Heavenly Court officials? How utterly pathetic..."

Stepping out of the post station, the gray-robed Taoist shook his head, holding the jade bottle, but a hint of reminiscence and mockery seemed to linger in his eyes.

Even he had to admit that, objectively speaking, compared to the ancient times and even the present day when supreme beings from forbidden zones frequently emerged and created darkness and turmoil, the period at the end of the mythological era could indeed be called a "golden age".

If that person didn't have ulterior motives in inviting them to "become immortals" together...

……

"Dazhuang, Asi...run!"

In the rain, on the official road leading back to Yaoguang Village, the hoarse voice of an old man with a cane rang out.

However, without any unexpected events, all three of them turned into blood essence and fell into the jade bottle.

clatter……

After sitting cross-legged in the rain for a long time, the gray-robed Taoist took another step forward.

This time, however, he quietly appeared near the girl with pigtails.

crackling sounds...

Inside a narrow, abandoned brick kiln, a small bonfire was burning brightly, and an old earthenware pot filled with water was being heated over the fire.

Nearby, the little girl was using the rainwater dripping from the eaves to clean the bloodstains and mud off her clothes.

The gray-robed Taoist priest gazed at her silently from a distance.

Given his level, it only took him a short while to review all the memories of the girl who had not yet embarked on the path of cultivation.

Yes, it's about searching memories remotely!

In areas such as memory, sea of ​​consciousness, primordial spirit, and possession, he can be considered an expert in the entire human universe!

As for the rest of the people, let alone those who surpass him, even those who can stand shoulder to shoulder with him are few and far between in this world.

However, this method, which does not alert the original owner, can only be used on those without special physiques or those with a huge difference in cultivation level; otherwise, it will not succeed.

……

He quickly reviewed the girl's memories from the past ten days, and after finding nothing unusual, he disappeared from the spot.

When it reappeared, it appeared within the territory of the Central Plains Human Emperor Palace and issued a decree to the current Palace Master who was in seclusion.